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New York TimesJune 18, 2008With a sense of history and a looming battle at the ballot box, hundreds of gay and lesbian couples in California wed on Tuesday, a steady and decidedly confident celebration that was a marked departure from the mad rush here four years ago. (Link)

Time MagazineJune 17, 2008Same-sex couples began marrying late Monday night in courthouse ceremonies across California, putting triumphantly happy human faces on a debate that is nevertheless far from over. (Link)

365Gay.comJune 18, 2008Even though the federal Defense of Marriage Act bars Washington from recognizing or providing benefits to same-sex couples their children must be recognized by the Social Security Administration, the Department of Justice has determined. (Link)

The Volokh ConspiracyJune 17, 2008Examples of conflict arising from antidiscrimination law are often exaggerated and oversimplified. Catholicism and Orthodox Judaism, for example, refuse to recognize secular divorce. But few argue that we should refuse to let people divorce for this reason. [Link]

The AdvocateJune 17, 2008Matt Coles, director of the American Civil Liberties Union LGBT & AIDS Project, answers the question, "Why -- some people, including a lot of gay people, ask -- do LGBT people care so much about marriage?" (Link)

washingtonpost.comJune 16, 2008University of the Pacific law professor Larry Levine was online Monday, June 16 at 1 p.m. ET to discuss the implementation of the recent California Supreme Court ruling, and the fight ahead. He was joined by Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis. [Link]

Mercury NewsJune 17, 2008The Mercury News editorial board congratulates committed same-sex couples who are marrying in California, and hopes weddings "will offer a human face to the polemics, and, we hope, persuade voters not to use the ballot box to deny them joy and respect." (Link)

Christian Science MonitorJune 17, 2008"Our society has done a pretty good job balancing personal views, including religious views, with the need to have basic rules protecting everyone against discrimination in the public sector, and there is no need now for a special gay exception," says Evan Wolfson. [Link]